Request to Recall Late 2006 Intel iMac
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Author: starbro
Started: July 29, 2009, 1:26:56 pm
Target: Apple, Inc.
Category: Economy & Business
Supporters:

421
Goal:

1,000
Goal Progress:

43% Complete
Status

Active
We, the undersigned, request that Apple Inc. officially acknowledge and address the defect in the Late 2006 Intel iMac.

The defect causes the following symptoms:
* System shuts down unexpectedly.
* System display freezes, preventing any input.
* Horizontal black/multi-colored lines appear over the desktop or app windows.
* Various colored squares/triangles appear over the desktop or app windows.
* Random colored pixels appear over the desktop or app windows.
* Squares displaying parts of other app windows appear over the front app window.
* Tearing or fragmented app window displayed when scrolling.

These symptoms usually appear after the one-year warranty period has expired.

Heat is a contributing factor. As the internal temperature of the system rises, there's an increased chance that these symptoms may appear, even though the temperature isn't unusually high. Symptoms start to appear as the GPU temperature approaches 50C/122F.

Many users who are experiencing these symptoms have resorted to installing a third-party fan control application to increase the internal fan speeds. This workaround may relieve the symptoms temporarily for some users, but does not actually fix the core defect in the hardware (logic board) that causes the symptoms. Increasing fan speed is not an acceptable long-term solution.

We ask that Apple Inc. do right by their loyal customers and directly resolve this matter by issuing a product recall and making the appropriate repairs free of charge.

(NOTE: Ignore the images shown on this page. I did not upload them. PetitionSpot shows random images that have nothing to do with this petition.)
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Added by: starbro on August 15, 2009, 12:48:25 pm
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Added by: starbro on August 24, 2009, 12:19:23 pm
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Sorry about the broken image links above. Corrected:
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Added by: starbro on August 30, 2009, 12:35:30 pm
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When you sign this petition, please be sure to include your system details. For example: 20" 2.16GHz, ATI X1600, purchased Jan 2007.
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Added by: starbro on October 9, 2009, 12:55:27 pm
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If you would like to be part of the class action against Apple Inc. regarding this issue, please contact Jerome Noll at JNoll@mdpcelaw.com for more information. Reference this petition in your email.




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Pete Myers said 15 hours ago (verified)
I support this petition. Late 2006 imac just like in this picture. Core 2 duo, 500 gig hard drive, 2 gigs of ram. I am experiencing all of these issues exactly.
#421

Natasha Avidan said 2 days ago (verified)
I support this petition.
#420

Rob Braun said 2 days ago (unverified)
I support this petition.
#419

Denis Tomljanovic said 4 days ago (unverified)
I have to run fan control software just to be able to work... my iMac became louder that some PC! If I knew it will only last for year and a half, I\'d buy 3 PC\'s instead!
#418

Alessandra Silva said 5 days ago (unverified)
I support this petition. and have the same problems. my iMac have only one years old and to much people having the same problems. not natural.
#417

Adam Grossen said 1 week ago (unverified)
I support this petition.
#416

Emily Spear said 1 week ago (verified)
I support this petition.
#415

Corey Marthaller said 1 week ago (unverified)
Have had this problem since I upgraded to Leopard. I support this petition.
#414

Rua Haszard said 1 week ago (unverified)
I support this petition.
#413

Shawn Plank said 1 week ago (unverified)
I support this petition and have been having the same problems. Thought Snow Leopard might \"cure\" it, but the Welcome video for the new OS had one of the tell-tale horizontal graphics glitch lines running through it. Sigh.
#412

joseph jaskiewicz said 2 weeks ago (unverified)
I support this petition.
#411

Gregory Becker said 2 weeks ago (verified)
I support this petition and have the same problems
#410

Adam Stewart said 2 weeks ago (unverified)
I support this petition. Late 20\" iMac5,1
#409

Shane Albertolli said 2 weeks ago (verified)
I support this petition. Unless Apple fixes this, I will no longer be buying Apple products, will pirate their software and will use Hackintosh. Just a friendly warning. I will also spread the word that Apple products are unreliable and designed to break after the warranty is over, forcing the user into buying Applecare and not offering simpler solutions (such as a user-replaceable graphics card)
#408

Daniel Quirion said 2 weeks ago (verified)
I support this petition. But I have an Early 2006 Imac with snow leopard and ATi Radeon x1600 128mb
#407

Daniel Taormina said 2 weeks ago (unverified)
I support this petition.
#406

John Lang said 2 weeks ago (unverified)
I support this petition. I\'d also like to see one set up for MacBopok Pro\'s wit the same issue!
#405

Silvana Thees said 2 weeks ago (unverified)
I support this petition.
#404

Jon Mabra said 2 weeks ago (unverified)
I support this petition. And I have the same problems (symptoms) as described by the petition. This product design was clearly defective and Apple as the manufacturer should fix it at no charge to the customer.
#403

Paul Kostelnik said 3 weeks ago (unverified)
I support this petition. iMac 24\" Core2duo, date of purchase was 13-Oct-06, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT. Horizontal lines. Windows showing through other windows. The Purple block. Draging windows leaves a trail.
#402